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Dec. 10, 1940; G..F. CLAYPOOL COVER AND BRUSH SUPPORT FOR SHAVING BOWLSFiled June' 26, 1939 Patented Dec. 10, 1940 UNITED. STATES PATENT orriceGlenn F. Claypool, Oak Park, Ill.

Application June 26, 1939, Serial No. 281,186 2 Claims. 01. 4 5-136)This invention relates to shaving equipment, and particularly to a bowldesigned to contain shaving soap, and to be employed in the process ofmaking a lather from such soap. The purpose of the invention is toprovide, as a part of the bowl structure, a rest or support for ashaving brush so that the brush will be disposed in proper position whennot in use, and will be conveniently at hand when wanted. The inventionconsists in certain features and elements of construction, as hereinshown and described and as indicated by the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a shaving bowl and cover embodying thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the cover taken substantially asindicated at line 33 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a partial transverse section taken as indicated at the planeof line 44 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan view on a smaller scale showing a modification of thecap.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the modification taken on a diametralplane.

The bowl shown at I in Fig. 1 is intended to contain a quantity ofshaving soap fitted snugly in the bowl and designed to remain thereinwhile in use-that is, while a brush and a limited amount of water areemployed for working up a lather for use in shaving. The bowl isprovided with a removable cover, 2, which, as shown, includes a skirtportion, 3, depending from the top wall, l, and formed with interruptedthreads, 5, which inter-engage with similar threads, not shown, on theinner surface of the rim of the bowl, I.

A shaving brush used in conjunction with the bowl, i, should be wellshaken after use to remove as much moisture as possible from thebristles, and then it should be disposed in a position in which thebristles will have a. chance to dry so as to avoid deterioration, whichmight result from leaving them in a constantly dampened condition.Brushes of this character are frequently made with a fiat-ended handle,so that they may stand upright with the brisltes uppermost, but thistends to allow moisture to accumulate at the base of the bristles. Asindicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1, a brush of this character usuallycomprises the bristles at A, a central body portion, B, in which thebristles are rooted so as to extend from one end thereof, and, finally,a handle portion, C, extending from the opposite end of the body, B. Ifa brush of this type be supported horizontally with its bristlesextending out of contact with the support so as to leave them freelyexposed to they air, it will dry efiectively. Therefore, the presentinvention provides the cover, 2, with a special formation of its topwall, serving as a rest or cradle to support the brush horizontally, asindicated in Fig. 1. This formation comprises a pair of parallel,upwardly projecting ribs, 6, 6, which are spaced apart by a substantialdistance, but something less than the usual diameter of the bodyportion, B, of a brush, so that they form a channel extendingdiametrically across the top wall of the cover, 2. The body portion, B,of the brush, which is circular in cross-section, will thus rest in thechannel between the ribs, 6, 6; and to position it longitudinally in thechannel and prevent it from slipping endwise therein, I prefer to formthe ribs, 6, 6, with notches, I, l, disposed at the middle of the lengthof said ribs, 6, 6. As shown, these notches may be of arcuate form andin that case they are of such radius that they do not actually contactthe curved body, B, throughout their length, but only at each end of thenotch. Thus there are provided four points of contact for the body, B,in the upstanding ribs, 6, 6, and the brush is both supported andpositioned by these four points. indicated at in the drawing.

In many instances the center of gravity of the brush will be locatedwithin the body portion, B,

so that the brush will rest with its axis substantially horizontal, asshown in Fig- 1; but if it should happen that the weight of the handle,C, shifts the center of-gravity so that the handle end of the brushtends to tilt downward, t'ne handle will be arrested against the cover,2, and the brush will be only slightly inclined from the horizontal; andin any case the bristles will be supported out of contact with theadjacent surface of the cover to afford them an opportunity to dryeffectively.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modified form of cap in which the support forthe brush is quite different in appearance but performs substantiallythe same function'as that of the form already described. In this designthe cap is formed with a central circular embossment or table, 8, fromwhich there project four upstanding rests or supports, 9, ofapproximately conical formation. As indicated in dotted lines, the bodyof the brush seats itself upon these projections, 9, with its axissubstantially horizontal and with the bristle portion elevated out ofcontact with the surfaceof the cover, 2.

Thus the shaving soap bowl with which the brush is used provides asupport on which the brush is certain to be disposed in a position whichwill insure its proper conditioning for further use, and where it willbe most conveniently at hand when again required. It will be evidentthat the brush supporting means may take a variety of forms, and variousalterations in the construction might be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention, and that the same is therefore notlimited to the particular form herein shown and described except in sofar as indicated by the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A cover for a shaving soap bowl adapted to four points forpositioning it definitely on the cover with its axis approximatelyhorizontal and with its bristles out of contact with the cover. 2. I'hecombination of a bowl and a cover threaded for inter-engagement, saidcover adapted to support a shaving brush having a bulbous body portion,said cover having a pair of ribs upstanding from its top surface andspaced apart at opposite sides of the diameter of the cover, said ribshaving outer faces parallel to such diameter and constituting a fingergrip for rotating the cover in seeming it or disengaging it from thebowl, said ribs being spaced apart by less than the diameter of ashaving brush body, providing a trough for lodgment of its rounded form,and having mutually opposed recesses in their inner faces whichaccommodate a bulging portion of the brush body and oppose itslongitudinal movement on said ribs while supporting the bristles of thebrush in approximately horizontal position above the adjacent surface ofthe cover.

GLENN F. CLAYPOOL.

